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A Linux version of 'The Colonists', a settlement building game should be due in a post-release update
24 October 2018 at 4:57 pm UTC

This looks awesome. Hopefully the developer fulfils that promise.

The Steam Beta Client has some updates to the runtime for games that needs testing
24 October 2018 at 11:11 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: FireBurnAny idea what they've changed? New packages? Updated packages?

I have to run this command so I use the native packages on my machine to prevent segfaults

find ~/.steam/root/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb*.so*" -o -name "libvulkan.so*" \) -print -delete

You should probably use the native runtime. Not sure if Gentoo has such a thing, but Arch has a wrapper:

Quoting: /usr/bin/steam-native#!/bin/sh
export STEAM_RUNTIME=0
# Workaround for dbus fatal termination related coredumps (SIGABRT)
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4464
export DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0
# Override some libraries as these are what games linked against.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/steam:/usr/lib32/steam${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
exec /usr/lib/steam/steam "$@"

Adjust to your system.


It's good that they're finally moving away from the ancient Ubuntu 12.04 base, but I hope they don't just bump up to 14.04, which is EOL in five months..

Unity are giving out a rather impressive FPS sample game free for developers to use
24 October 2018 at 10:59 am UTC Likes: 4

Looks cool! I wonder how many input bugs it has on Linux though. :P

RimWorld 1.0 is going to release on October 17th next week
11 October 2018 at 4:23 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: 14I want to just play Dwarf Fortress like an elitist, hardcore gamer nerd, but I haven't been able to make myself take a week-long video class to learn how to play.

And that's just the introductory course, learning the rest takes a lifetime. ;)

Honestly though, if you can find the time to learn the basics, and you go into it with the aim of learning to play, rather than trying to win, you'll quickly pick up the experience you need to enjoy the game. (Having the Dwarf Fortress wiki on quick search helps too!)

Quotedoes it still require you to memorize keyboard shortcuts like you would a foreign language?

Dunno what game you were playing, but DF has pretty clear menus. You can memorize commands if you want, and it definitely speeds up play, but it isn't mandatory. :)

RimWorld 1.0 is going to release on October 17th next week
11 October 2018 at 11:09 am UTC

Quoting: GuestJust a heads up if you are on the fence about buying the game, it will cost more after release

https://steamcommunity.com/games/294100/announcements/detail/1694931857997590569

That's a pity, I was hoping there might be a launch day sale. Oh well, congrats to the developer, but I'll stick with Dwarf Fortress. I can't justify paying £25 on a slimmed down version of a game I can play for free.

Sunday Mag: Linux gaming news odds and ends and a quick look at what’s on sale
7 October 2018 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

I have been playing:
Streets of Rogue - nearly unlocked all characters now. Very fun game, although the cop lock down mutator is annoying, I always get it when I'm trying to be pacifist. :/

Graveyard Keeper - pretty sure I'm almost at the end game of this now. Quests seem to build up a backlog, then when you finally progress one, it causes a chain-reaction of quest progression.

L4D2 - joined Sin for a stream and had a good couple of campaigns. L4D is always good fun, although it can become a bit of a timesink.

Beyond that, I've been replaying Legend of Zelda: Oracle of {Seasons,Ages} on my 3DS, and Spiderman on the PS4.

Sci-fi single-player survival game Planet Nomads is currently pretty broken on Linux
1 October 2018 at 5:18 pm UTC Likes: 2

I haven't played it since they reneged on the multiplayer promise, thus limiting it to being yet another lacklustre single-player resource collecting and base-building game. It's a shame, because it could've been a great game to play with friends, competing or collaborating to create communities.

Battle Royale game Crazy Justice just had an update to the closed beta, we have keys to give away
29 September 2018 at 3:41 pm UTC

Bah, it hard codes qwerty controls, so it's basically impossible for me to play on a dvorak keyboard. :(

I'll see if there's a config file somewhere.

EDIT: There is a config file ~/.config/Epic/CrazyJustice/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor/Input.ini
But it is empty by default, and gets overwritten with an empty file when you start the game, sooooo.. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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